Southampton (A) | Pre-Match Thread

[lionheart]

A very slow midfield which Southampton will tear holes in. Was hoping for Sterling to be rested. Not looking very promising.

 

[kaz7]

Garcia is injured out for another 2 weeks

Laporte not garcia

 

[FantasyIreland]

It'll be torres as striker.

So,no proper focal point,no wingers,and the same old cutting inside and playing around the box shite.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

I think gabby has been dropped , no idea about eric , hope he is not getting the sane treatment that cut off his nose to spite his face

He's not fully fit. As if Pep would drop him from the squad when Nmecha is on the bench.

 

[DMA's]

Rodri and gundogan....double pivot.... definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...shades of pellegrini

 

[Sparkys-Army]

Not even bothered so much about the result, an improvement to looking like an attacking threat would be nice...

 

[Gabriel]

Three left back options on the bench and we’re playing a right-footed player there Instead. Our management deserves many plaudits for what It has achieved, yet failure to find a lasting solution to that one position leaves us consistently lopsided.

 

[Blue tiger]

Doesn't look to be many goals in that lineup, but let's hope they prove a lot of us wrong! Come on City!

 

[FantasyIreland]

A very slow midfield which Southampton will tear holes in. Was hoping for Sterling to be rested. Not looking very promising.

Seems to be tefal.

 

[kaz7]

Neither has aguero

Difficult when you dont play...

 

[valleyblue]

At some point we have to stop this double pivot, the two in there are good players, but soooooo slow!

 

[SWP's back]

Foden and Mendy were never gonna start after Pep called them out after the WBA game. We’re in a bad way when he’s fighting half the team.

What did Pep say about them?

 

[Cobra]

Felix Nmecha on the bench, one of the academy who seems to do fuck all, unlike Doyle, Palmer, Delap who are nowhere to be seen

He’s talented, but yeah I’d put Palmer, Delap and McAtee ahead of him. It’s not like any of them will ever get off the bench anyway so it doesn’t matter too much.

 

[come-on-barney]

There must be something wrong with Laporte?

May be more to the rumours about the training ground incident.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

It must be based on training because Nemecha has been well below Palmer, Mcatee and Delap for the EDS.

Or maybe they’re happy to spare him? Like they rate him but if he misses and EDS game it’ll be fine

 

[meeesh]

Right come on now,enough white flag waving,let's get these done....................................please

 

[GBrannan]

This is a match where the double pivot actually makes sense. It was WBA at home where it didn’t.

It would be good to try Debruyne there though to get him on the ball more, either with Gundo or Fernandinho.

I think he’s gone Rodri because of their set piece threat, which sort of sums up our more worried about the opposition than ourselves approach of recent times.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

This is a match where the double pivot actually makes sense. It was WBA at home where it didn’t.

I think the best you can say is that it makes marginally more sense today than it did against West Brom, but that’s hardly an endorsement. It’s another painfully slow, lightweight line up and my money’s on defeat being the result as a consequence

 

[SWP's back]

No striker....so is that a 433 of sorts?

Torres will play as striker I’d imagine.

 

[abu13]

Not happy with that.